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1. bi- pref.(3)

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Unstressed first member of cpd. advs. & preps. Examples: bafte(n, bicause, bifōre(n, bihinde(n, bimong, binēthe(n, binnen, bi-north, biside(s, bi-sǒuth, bitīme(s, bitwẹ̄ne(n, bitwix(en, biyond(e,

2. tọ̄̆- pref.(2)

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A prefix in well over 200 verbs and participles, thirteen gerunds usu. derived from the verbs, and eleven nouns. The prefix has two primary meanings (a) In the great majority of the verbs and gerunds…

3. um- pref.

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A prefix in some forty words formed in ME, chiefly transitive verbs but with a smattering of participles and gerunds and one noun. The prefix has three main senses: (1) the primary sense of…

4. ac- pref.

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5. sub- pref.

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A prefix in words derived primarily from L, occ. from OF, or from both, often with its original meaning still discernible: (a) 'subordinate or inferior in rank' (in nouns): subcelerer,